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This is the master POM file for Oracle's Implementation of the JSF 2.2 Specification.
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package javax.faces.component.visit;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.faces.FacesWrapper;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

/**
 * Provide for separation of interface and
 * implementation for the {@link VisitContext} contract.
 * 

 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class VisitContextFactory implements FacesWrapper {

    public VisitContextFactory() {
    }
    
    /**
     * If this factory has been decorated, the 
     * implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide
     * access to the implementation being wrapped.  A default implementation
     * is provided that returns null.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public VisitContextFactory getWrapped() {
        return null;
    }


    /**
     * Return a new {@link VisitContext}
     * instance.
     * @param context the FacesContext for this request.
     * @param ids a Collection of clientIds to visit.  If
     * null all components will be visited.
     * @param hints the VisitHints that apply to this
     * visit.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public abstract VisitContext getVisitContext(FacesContext context, 
            Collection ids, Set hints);
    
}